Canada Labour Code

Marginal note:Reference to adjudicator

• 242 (1) The Minister may, on receipt of a report pursuant to subsection 241(3), appoint any person that the Minister considers appropriate as an adjudicator to hear and adjudicate on the complaint in respect of which the report was made, and refer the complaint to the adjudicator along with any statement provided pursuant to subsection 241(1).

• Marginal note:Powers of adjudicator

  (2) An adjudicator to whom a complaint has been referred under subsection (1)

  • (a) shall consider the complaint within such time as the Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe;

  • (b) shall determine the procedure to be followed, but shall give full opportunity to the parties to the complaint to present evidence and make submissions to the adjudicator and shall consider the information relating to the complaint; and

  • (c) has, in relation to any complaint before the adjudicator, the powers conferred on the Canada Industrial Relations Board, in relation to any proceeding before the Board, under paragraphs 16(a), (b) and (c).

• Marginal note:Decision of adjudicator

  (3) Subject to subsection (3.1), an adjudicator to whom a complaint has been referred under subsection (1) shall

  • (a) consider whether the dismissal of the person who made the complaint was unjust and render a decision thereon; and

  • (b) send a copy of the decision with the reasons therefor to each party to the complaint and to the Minister.

• Marginal note:Limitation on complaints

  (3.1) No complaint shall be considered by an adjudicator under subsection (3) in respect of a person where

  • (a) that person has been laid off because of lack of work or because of the discontinuance of a function; or

  • (b) a procedure for redress has been provided elsewhere in or under this or any other Act of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Where unjust dismissal

  (4) Where an adjudicator decides pursuant to subsection (3) that a person has been unjustly dismissed, the adjudicator may, by order, require the employer who dismissed the person to

  • (a) pay the person compensation not exceeding the amount of money that is equivalent to the remuneration that would, but for the dismissal, have been paid by the employer to the person;

  • (b) reinstate the person in his employ; and

  • (c) do any other like thing that it is equitable to require the employer to do in order to remedy or counteract any consequence of the dismissal.